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1、U.S. AirwaysAmerican AirlinesDeltaNorthwestA1.1. This news item is about Boeings 18 billion new orders this year for its new 777 jetliner.2. This news item is about possible mergers between airlines.A2. British Airways: Dutch KLMUnited Airlines: U.S. AirwaysSwiss Air: Sabena AirlinesAmerican Airline

2、s: Northwest & DeltaTapescript:1. Boeing, the worlds leading commercial airplane maker, announced it has 18 billion dollars in new orders this year for its new 777 jetliner. This figure puts demand for the Boeing aircraft ahead of comparable models produced by rival Airbus of Europe.2. British Airwa

3、ys and Dutch carrier KLM confirm they are in act of merger talks. Swiss Air won approval for taking majority control of Belgiums Sabena Airlines and there was another flurry of take-over discussions among some major American carriers. They come on the heels of number one United Airlines offer to buy

4、 number two, American Airliners, and the countrys third largest, Delta, have been having what are described as preliminary discussions about a possible combination. American had reportedly been talking with Northwest about a hook up as well. The top three U.S. airlines, United, American and Delta cu

5、rrently control 56 percent of U.S. air traffic. If the mergers go through, theyd control 85 percent.B. key words: monorailmass transitMaglevlight railguidewaypropelpickuppylonprefabricatelevitationrepulsionrumblestandeeMonorail1. Monorail systems rely on a very simple technology: rubber-tired cars r

6、iding on a narrow concrete guideway.2. Monorail systems are capable of speeds of 65 miles per hour and offer ride quality comparable to conventional rail transit technologies.3. Monorail systems are safe and more environmentally sensitive than any other elevated transit technology.4. And noise and n

7、eighborhood disruption caused by monorail construction are dramatically lower than other forms of mass transit.1. One of the most exiting recent innovations in railroad technology is magnetic levitation, or Maglev, which relies on the principle of magnetism - attraction and repulsion.2. This new tec

8、hnology will result in trains that are faster, smoother, more efficient, more comfortable, and more environmentally sound.Light Rail1. Light rail transit is an electric railway system characterized by its ability to operate single cars or multi-car trains along shared or exclusive rights-of-way at g

9、round level, on aerial structures, in subways, or occasionally in streets.2. It is able to board and discharge passengers at station platforms or at street, track, or car-floor level, and is normally powered by overhead electrical wires.3. The maximum speed of light rail trains is normally 60 miles

10、per hour （100 km per hour）.4. Passenger capacity of each car in a multiple car consist can be up to as many as 250 passengers （standees included）.1. Monorail Monorail system rely on a very simple technology: rubber-tired cars riding on narrow concrete guideway. The cars are self propelled by electri

11、c motors with power pickup via distribution bars mounted on the side of the guideway. Monorail systems are capable of speeds of 65 miles per hour and offer ride quality comparable to conventional rail transit technologies.Monorail systems are safe because the design and nature of monorail systems ma

12、ke it very difficult for trespassers to access the guideway and power rails.Monorail systems are more environmentally sensitive than any other elevated transit technology due to the monorails narrow guideway structure and quiet rubber tires. Also, since many of the pylon and rail components can be p

13、refabricated elsewhere and then assembled along the routes, the noise and disruption of construction will be kept to a minimum. Thus, noise and neighborhood disruption caused by monorail construction are dramatically lower than other forms of mass transit. 2. Maglev One of the most exiting recent in

14、novations in railroad technology is magnetic levitation, or Maglev, which relies on the principle of magnetism - attraction and repulsion. This new technology, still under development, will result in trains that are faster, smoother, more efficient, more comfortable, and more environmentally sound.

15、No longer will trains rumble heavily along steel rails; rather, they will float along a magnetic cushion without any direct contact with the ground.3. Light Rail Light rail transit is an electric railway system, constructed in the 1970s or later, characterized by its ability to operate single cars o

16、r multi-car trains along shared or exclusive rights-of-way at ground level, on aerial structures, in subways, or occasionally in streets. It is able to board and discharge passengers at station platforms or at street, track, or car-floor level, and is normally powered by overhead electrical wires.In

17、 most current settings, light rail is anything but “light” and is built to exacting standards. The maximum speed of light rail trains is normally 60 miles per hour （100 km per hour）, while heavy rail trains normally operate at higher speeds. Depending upon the specific system, the distance between l

18、ight rail stations is shorter than within heavy rail systems, which lends some major advantages to urban settings.Light rail trains operate as either single or multiple car consists. Passenger capacity of each car in a multiple car consist can be up to as many as 250 passengers （standees included）.P

19、art Cross the Channelkey words:schemetunnelfreightsubmergetram trackclaustrophobicEuroRouteChesapeake Bay Bridge-TunnelChannel ExpresswayFlexilinkScandinaviaA. EuroRoute - illustration bChannel Expressway - illustration aFlexilink - illustration cB.QuestionHow is road freight carried?By road, lorrie

20、s drive acrossBy road: lorries drive throughOn ferriesHow is rail freight carried?On high-speed freight trainsOn freight trains, mostly at nightHow are private motorists carried?They drive throughHow are rail passengers carried?On high-speed passenger trainsOn trains every half hourThey have to get

21、on a ferryWhat is the principal attraction of this scheme?Lower running costs than Channel / no queuing for motorists waiting for trainsThis offers the best of both worlds: road and rail trafficCheapest / most reliable / safest / most flexible / most environment-friendly / most pleasurable1. EuroRou

22、te is a scheme that operates at much lower running costs than the Channel Tunnel. Er, what happens is this: motorway bridges go from each coast ten kilometers out from the coast and connect up with a twenty-kilometer submerged concrete tube tunnel made on two man-made islands in the English Channel.

23、 Er, the roadways spiral gently down to the level of the tunnel. Its the same principle as the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel in the U.S.A. and it is well-researched technology. Thinking ahead to the twenty-first century, I believe that people will prefer, will want to drive across, not queue up waiti

24、ng for trains. And finally, there are also two separate supplementary rail-only tunnels, and they can take up to 30 high-speed passenger and freight trains in each direction per hour.2. The Channel Expressway is a scheme consisting of two tunnels which carry both road and train traffic. The rails ar

25、e laid flush with the road surface like tram tracks in the fast lane which is closed to traffic once every half hour for the trains to pass through. Er, really, both the passenger trains and the freight trains are able to use the tunnel, but the freight trainsll mostly run during the night when ther

26、es less road traffic. There will be special pumps at regular intervals along the tunnel to clean the air and remove the exhaust fumes from it.3. Flexilink is the cheapest and most reliable scheme of them all, really. Ferries, especially the new giant super-ferries are more economical, safer and a lo

27、t more flexible than building a tunnel. And theyre also friendlier to the environment. For the motorist and the lorry driver, the pleasurable experience of strolling on the deck with time to enjoy a meal and take a relaxing break during the journey is much more pleasant than the claustrophobic sensa

28、tion of being underground for an hour - and the idea of, you know, being trapped. Time saved for cars and road freight by building the Channel Tunnel is less than an hour: insignificant saving on journeys of twelve hours or more. Theres no doubt that ferries will continue operating in competition wi

29、th the tunnel, both on the short Channel crossing and on the longer crossings from southern England to France and England to Holland, Belgium, Germany and Scandinavia.Part Concorde: past and futureoverwhelmingambitionindulgencefantasticenvioussupersonicafterburnerthrustshafthorsepowermachbarmystragg

30、leairborneRolls Royce Olympus enginesConcordeHarrodsCitadelPyramid of CheopsPyramid of KhafreSphinxPyramid Holiday InnPresident Sadats tombHeathrowA1. Only 100 seats on this exclusive, once-in-a-lifetime trip.The price of795 includes: Champagne Lunch on the outbound journey Dinner on the return jour

31、ney Sightseeing tour of Cairo by coach with the services of a guide A ride by camel or horse or carriage at the site of the Pyramids A buffet lunch at the Pyramid Holiday InnLeave London in the morning on Saturday and arrive back at 10:30 p.m., spending 7 hours in Cairo!What are their reasons for being on the trip?What do t